Modem Wars

Modem Wars

Console: PC
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Ozark Softscape
Publisher(s): Electronic Arts
Release Date: 1989-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Strategy
Modem Wars titlescreen

1988's Modem Wars was the first game released by a major publisher to support modem-to-modem multiplay. A futuristic synthesis of toy soldiering and football, Modem Wars was a technical tour de force, offering a surprisingly brisk interactive experience within the severe constraints of 1200-baud modems. Many of the latency and synchronization challenges faced by today's network game engineers were solved first by Modem Wars.